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On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 09:45:13 -0800, the renowned Joerg
<notthisjoergsch@removethispacbell.net> wrote:

>Jim Thompson wrote:
>> On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:57:02 -0800, Joerg
>> <notthisjoergsch@removethispacbell.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> miso@sushi.com wrote:
>>>> On Jan 23, 5:51 pm, "David L. Jones" <altz...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Jan 24, 9:35 am, Mark Harriss <bi...@blartco.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> David L. Jones wrote:
>>>>>>> Thought I'd share this I came across on another group:
>>>>>>> http://www.elcafevirtual.com/julio/
>>>>>>> Model planes made entirely from old HP calculator chips and parts.
>>>>>>> Dave.
>>>>>> I wonder how many collector's item HP machines were destroyed to make
>>>>>> these works of art.
>>>>> None.
>>>>>
>>>>> From the constructor:
>>>>> "The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter was the second of four I made more
>>>>> than 30 years ago with defective and scrap HPchips. This aircraft
>>>>> model I made with IC,s of the Clasic and Woodstock pocked calculator
>>>>> series. This model has a modified HP-67 card reader mechanism built-in
>>>>> that moves up and down the landing gear, pilots' cabin and the engine
>>>>> light and four intermitent tricolor leds, powered by 6 V."
>>>>>
>>>>> Dave.
>>>> Those are recyclable packages, not scrap.
>>>
>>> They can still be recycled after the last ferry flight to Tucson ;-)
>>>
>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/telstar/1285915/
>> 
>> Ever driven by there?  HUGE place!
>> 
>
>No, but a pilot friend of mine told me about his experience at an 
>aircraft salvage yard farther west. He said it's not for the squeamish, 
>that there'd be lots of crash fuselages and they seem to not always 
>clean the cockpit after removing the bodies ...


Considering the cost of aircraft parts- an arm and a leg- it might be
possible to overlook such evidence of prior owners. 



Best regards, 
Spehro Pefhany
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